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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

125 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 7

Mining Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 4

Five hundred miners are entombed in Tinybedu colliery, Wales, as the result of a breaking cage. Endeavours are being made to make a connection…

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Motor-car Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 8

Messrs Schilling, McTernan, and Keating's motor-car met with a mishap returning to Milton one day last week. A bullock team was met. The…

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Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Gullick of Accounts Branch in the Inspector-General of Police Office, was driving near St. Leonard’s last night, when a sulky…

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Mining Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 4

At West Maitland this morning. George Ford, '24, miner, while working in a bore loosened A quantity of coal with a dynamite cartridge, but before…

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Burning Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 4

Through an explosion of a 2,000 gallon tank of benzine, at the Fertilizer Company’s works, Christianua, two men were instantly killed, and one…

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Theatre Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 4

The duel between Oscar Agehe as Count Hambal and Gerald Souper as Tignoville, at the Cri[?]tion yesterday was somewhat [?] Souper…

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Serious Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 5

We regret to have to chronicle a [?] accident which hotel [?] Wm. [?] jur., at Main Arm yesterday [?] From the meagre…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

William Butcher, a chauffeur, was killed on Saturday night in a motor accident near [?]man’s Bay. The [?] the dead body of…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 1

Messrs, Schilling and M'Ternan's motor car, while proceeding from Nowra to Moruya on. Saturday last, met with a serious accident, which resulted in the chaffeur (Butcher) being…

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A Sad Motor Car Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 8

A man named Butcher, engaged as chaffeur by Messrs. Schilling, M'Ternan and Keating, met his death on Saturday night a short distance south of…

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Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 5

Whilst Mr. Phil, Schuhack and Mr. M. [?] were driving into town on Tuesday morning their home took high at a perambulator and bolted,…

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Motor-car Fatality. Charles Butcher's Death

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 4

An inquiry into the cause of death of Charles Butcher, driver of Shilling, McTernan, and Keating's motor-car, was held at Bateman's…

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Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 4

Mrs Kelly and Miss Cornell, who live at the Ocean View Hotel, Tathra wore driving in a sulky to Pambula on Wednesday afternoon, intending to be…

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Fatal Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 4

Mr J. D. H [?] a grazier in Balranald district, was thrown from his [?] and killed yesterday. He was driving a doctor to attend a sick…

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A Strange Duel. Police Chief Injured

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 6

Captain Queipo, a cavalry officer, has just spent a month's imprisonment in a fortress owing to the role he played in connection with the manifestations…

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Boating Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 4

At Lorenzo Marques, Portuguese East Africa, an excursion boat crowded with working men capsized and 32 were drowned…

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Accident. Boy's Leg Badly Broken

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 3

A son of Mr. Robert Condie, of Long Reach, was driving his little brother and sister to school at West Cambewarra on Friday…

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Cablegrams. London, Sunday Train Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

The Paris express collided with another train at Villepreux, telescoping the carriages and derailing the engine. The wreckage caught fire. Fourteen…

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Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on Thursday to Mr Terry O’Reilloy, driver for Mr Ven. commercial traveller. representing Messrs Henry Bull and…

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Fatal Accident

The Bega Budget · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 4

A terribly sad accident occurred at the Kyloe copper mine about eight o'clock on Saturday evening, whereby Mr. Frank Caffyn lost his…

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